The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is a lightweight, symmetrically shaped wireless gaming mouse with two buttons on the left side and a range of modular parts to customize the look and feel of the mouse. Despite its interchangeable parts, it also feels very sturdy. You can connect it with its paracord-like charging cable or wirelessly with its USB receiver. It's well-suited for all grip types and most hand sizes, but small hands may have trouble reaching both side buttons and the scroll wheel using any grip type. Performance-wise, it has a very low lift-off distance, and you can set the CPI by increments of 100 within a broad range. Unfortunately, the unit we tested has very high click latency for a gaming mouse.
Our Verdict
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is great for office and multimedia work. It feels well-built, you can program all of the buttons on the top of the mouse, and it connects wirelessly with its USB receiver or wired with its charging cable. It has a comfortable ambidextrous shape suitable for all grip types and all but small hand sizes. Unfortunately, it doesn't have Bluetooth support, and its scroll wheel lacks L/R tilt buttons and a free-scrolling mode.
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Feels well-built.
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Lots of physical customizability possible with modular pieces.
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You can reprogram all buttons on the top of the mouse.
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No Bluetooth support.
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Scroll wheel lacks L/R tilt buttons and doesn't have a free-scrolling mode.
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is good for FPS gaming, but it has a very high click latency for a gaming mouse. That said, it's lightweight, it feels well-built, and it has a comfortable, ambidextrous shape well-suited for all grip types and all but small hands. It also has mouse feet that glide very smoothly and a surprisingly high-quality and flexible charging cable, especially considering it's a wireless mouse. It has a very low lift-off distance and a broad CPI range. Unfortunately, you can only adjust the CPI by steps of 100, and some gamers may prefer being able to customize their CPI more precisely.
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Feels well-built.
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Lightweight.
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Very high click latency.
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is decent for MMO gaming, but it doesn't have nearly as many side buttons as dedicated MMO gaming mice, and it has very high click latency. Nevertheless, it feels well-built and has a comfortable ambidextrous shape suitable for all grip types and all but small hand sizes. It also has a very low lift-off distance, and you can adjust the CPI by increments of 100 within a broad range. Unfortunately, you can't program a button to cycle between custom settings profiles and can only swap between them manually within the software.
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Feels well-built.
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You can reprogram all buttons on the top of the mouse.
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Very high click latency.
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Not nearly as many side buttons as a dedicated MMO gaming mouse.
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is an impressive ultra-light gaming mouse, but it has very high click latency. That said, it's lightweight and feels well-built. It also has a high-quality, flexible paracord-like charging cable, mouse feet that glide very smoothly, and a comfortable ambidextrous shape suitable for all grip types and all but small hands. Performance-wise, it has a very low minimum lift-off distance and a CPI you can adjust by steps of 100 within a wide range.
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Feels well-built.
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Lightweight.
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Very high click latency.
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is very good for travel, but it's somewhat bulky and may not fit in most laptop cases. That said, it connects wirelessly with its USB receiver, and it has a compartment under its modular palm rest for storing the receiver when it's not in use. It also has onboard memory, meaning that you can use custom settings on computers without the software installed. Unfortunately, it doesn't have Bluetooth support.
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Feels well-built.
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Onboard memory.
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No Bluetooth support.
- Office/Multimedia
- Video Games (FPS)
- Video Games (MMO)
- Ultra-Light Gaming
- Travel
- Updated Sep 24, 2021: Review published.
- Updated Sep 20, 2021: Early access published.
- Updated Jul 05, 2021: Our testers have started testing this product.
- Updated Jun 29, 2021: The product has arrived in our lab, and our testers will start evaluating it soon.
- Updated May 11, 2021: We've purchased the product and are waiting for it to arrive in our lab.
Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm has two base colorways in black and white and has both a solid plastic and a honeycomb-design base model to choose between. The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm we tested is the white honeycomb-design base model version. You can order sets of all the modular pieces in nine other colorways on the manufacturer's website. While not a variant, there's also a right-handed, ergo version of this mouse, the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Ergo. You can see the label for our unit here.
Compared To Other Mice
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is an excellent wireless gaming mouse in Pwnage's lineup of Ultra Custom mice. One of the major selling points of this lineup is customizability. Through its website, Pwnage offers a range of modular pieces in nine colorways that change the look and feel of the mouse, including palm rests, L/R click buttons, button spacers, mouse feet with different thicknesses, and CPI buttons of varying heights. It also has a very comfortable and time-tested shape very similar to the BenQ ZOWIE S2 and solid sensor performance. Unfortunately, the unit we tested has very high click latency, making it much less suitable for gaming than its otherwise very similar right-handed counterpart, the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Ergo.
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The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is a wireless, ambidextrous version of the Pwnage Ultra Custom Ergo, which is wired-only and has a right-handed shape. The Wireless Symm feels sturdier and has better quality mouse feet. It also lets you change the polling rate using the customization software, a feature the Custom Ergo lacks. On the other hand, the Custom Ergo is lighter. It also has a marginally lower minimum CPI, and you can adjust the set CPI more precisely.
The GLORIOUS Model O Wireless is a better lightweight wireless gaming mouse than the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm. The GLORIOUS is marginally lighter and has a more flexible charging cable. It also has mouse feet that glide more smoothly, a higher maximum CPI, a more precisely adjustable CPI, and much lower click latency. On the other hand, the Pwnage has modular pieces that can change the look and feel of the mouse and a storage compartment for its USB receiver when it's not in use.
The Finalmouse Ultralight 2 - Cape Town is an excellent wired lightweight gaming mouse, while the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is a great wireless, lightweight gaming mouse. The Finalmouse is significantly lighter and has a more flexible cable. It also has mouse feet that glide more smoothly, much lower click latency, and it includes three adhesive mouse skins. On the other hand, the Pwnage feels sturdier and has a much wider CPI range. It also has a lower minimum lift-off distance, a higher maximum polling rate, and modular parts to change the look and feel of the mouse. Additionally, it has customization software, which the Finalmouse lacks.
The Razer Viper MIni is an outstanding, wired ultra-light gaming mouse, while the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is an impressive wireless ultra-light gaming mouse. The Razer is lighter and has much lower click latency. On the other hand, the Pwnage has a range of modular parts that customize the look and feel of the mouse. Performance-wise it has a wider CPI range, a more consistent sensor, and a lower lift-off distance. Both mice are suitable for all grip types, depending on hand size. However, the Razer is better suited for smaller hands, while the Pwnage is more suitable for larger hands.
The GLORIOUS Model D and the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm are both lightweight gaming mice, but the GLORIOUS is a wired-only model with better overall performance, and the Pwnage is wireless. The GLORIOUS is marginally lighter and has a more flexible cable. It also has mouse feet that glide more smoothly and much lower click latency. On the other hand, the Pwnage has a wider CPI range and a lower minimum lift-off distance. It also has modular parts that alter the look and feel of the mouse. The GLORIOUS has a right-handed shape, while the Pwnage has an ambidextrous shape.
The Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT is a better wireless gaming mouse than the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm. The Logitech is lighter and has mouse feet that glide more smoothly. It also has a higher maximum CPI, a more precisely adjustable CPI, and much lower click latency. Its software is compatible with Windows and macOS, while the Pwnage software is only compatible with Windows. On the other hand, the Pwnage has a dedicated CPI button behind the scroll wheel and RGB lighting, both of which the Logitech lacks. It also has modular pieces that allow you to customize the look and feel of the mouse.
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm is a comparable wireless gaming mouse to the Logitech G Pro Wireless. The Pwnage is somewhat lighter and has a more flexible charging cable. It also has higher-quality PTFE mouse feet and has a range of modular parts available that customize the look and feel of the mouse. The Logitech has two side buttons on either side, while the Pwnage only has a pair of side buttons on the left. It also has a higher maximum CPI range, a more precisely adjustable CPI, a more consistent sensor, and a much lower click latency. Also, its customization software is compatible with Windows and macOS, while the Pwnage's software is only compatible with Windows.
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm and the Pwnage Ultra Custom Symm 2 are similar ambidextrous ultra-light gaming mice. The Symm 2 is a wired-only model that's lighter and also comes with weights in case you prefer heavier mice or want to change the weight distribution. Its software lets you set the minimum CPI to a lower value, and you can adjust the CPI more precisely in increments of 50. The Symm 2 is slightly smaller, so it's more accommodating for small hands using a palm or claw grip. Also, its click latency is much lower. On the other hand, you can use the Wireless Symm wirelessly via its USB receiver. It's slightly larger than the Symm 2 and better suited for extra-large hands using a palm grip.
The Gamesense Meta performs better overall than the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm. The Gamesense is lighter, and it has much lower click latency. Also, you can program more inputs, and you can set a profile-switching button. On the other hand, the Pwnage has a honeycomb cutout design over its sides and palm rest, and it comes with a solid palm cover to customize the look and feel of the mouse. You can use it wirelessly via its USB receiver.
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm 2 is the newer version of the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm. The Symm 2 has a wider CPI range, and the CPI can be set in increments of 50 rather than 100, and it has significantly better click latency. Also, the Symm 2 has an updated PixArt sensor and uses newer Kailh 8.0 switches for the L/R buttons.
Test Results
The solid plastic palm rest cover on the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm weighs approximately 2g more than the honeycomb version. In the user manual, Pwnage suggests you can remove the palm rest while using a fingertip grip, which reduces the weight of the mouse to 67.68g.
Pwnage advertises the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Ergo has a battery life of up to 66 hours using the "office mode" battery setting with the RGB lighting off and up to 40 hours of battery life using "gaming mode" with all RGB lighting on. The RGB lighting on the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm flashes to indicate when the battery drops to 10%.
- Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm
- White, solid-style palm cover
- White, honeycomb-style palm cover (on mouse)
- White left/right click cover (on mouse)
- USB receiver
- USB receiver extender
- USB-A to USB-C cable
- Button spacers (4x 0.5mm, 4x 0.6mm, 4x 0.7mm, 4x 0.8mm)
- Replacement mouse feet (0.8mm and 0.3mm thickness)
- User documentation
The polling rate options on the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm are 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, and 1000Hz. Pwnage advertises the minimum CPI is 200, but the software allows you to set it to 100. You can set six custom CPI settings per profile and use the default CPI button behind the scroll wheel to cycle between them. The RGB lighting in the scroll wheel changes to identify which CPI setting you're currently using.
You can program all of the buttons on the top of the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm. However, you have to have at least one button assigned as a left-click at all times, and you can't reprogram the up/down inputs of the scroll wheel. There's also an additional switch on the bottom of the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm that changes between battery usage options.
The Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm we tested has very high click latency. However, the newer version, the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm 2 has a much lower click latency.
Note: We expected the click latency test results for the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Symm to be closer to those of the Pwnage Ultra Custom Wireless Ergo, which is a very similar right-handed version of this mouse. We retested the click latency multiple times and received consistently high results. However, we achieved much lower results testing other mice using the same equipment within the same day. If you have this mouse and would like to share your experiences with us, we encourage you to comment in the discussions.